An Invitation to Social Research: How It's Done Page 1 FOURTH EDITION An Invitation to
Social Research How Itls Done Emily Stier Adler Rhode Island College Roger Clark Rhode …

The Enlightenment of the late 17th and 18th century is characterized by an emphasis on
reason and empiricism. As a major shaping philosophy of Western culture, it had a historical …

Unwelcome touching, groping, and kissing are illegal, but widely tolerated in public drinking
settings. This contingency in the law's response means that patrons routinely negotiate the …

The traditional “jurisprudential model” of law views the application of legal sanctions
primarily as a function of the facts of the case and the rules that govern the proceedings …

This paper examines the meaning of violence in contemporary Western societies. Scholars
have argued that in contemporary Western societies, the concept is expanding toward a …

Punishment scholars acknowledge the fundamental importance of both prosecutorial
discretion and jurisdictional variation in punishment; yet, little is known about the extent to …

Contemporary scholarship on punishment, politics and society generally treats democratic
politics and crime policy as a dangerous mix. In this view, when crime comes onto …

This article investigates the effects of neighborhood residential context on sentencing
outcomes for homicide defendants (N= 636) in a large US city and presents a theoretical …

What happens to a norm when it becomes publicly known that organizations are decoupling
their activities from it? Since the publication of Meyer and Rowan's pivotal paper, the …

Why is individual success so strongly affected by parental socioeconomic status? We argue
that parental socioeconomic status affects the socioeconomic status of one's romantic …